
Froutopia
Φρουτοπία
Children's series with dolls which is the television adaptation of the comic of the same name (1983) by the writer Evgenios Trivizas and the cartoonist Nikos Maroulakis. The series is about the adventures of journalist Pikos Apikos, who travels to the distant land of Fruitopia to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Manolis of Manavis. The comic was also transferred to television in 1985, by the Sofianou family, visualized with puppets and achieving great success. The series began airing on November 8,1985, on the ERT channel and now also plays on ERTFLIX. Despite the fact that the finale of Fruitopia never aired, due to cutbacks in the programming zone in which the series aired, with a total of 48 episodes, were aired several times in the following years.
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Pavlos Kontoyannidisas Manolis, the greengrocer
Stavros Xenidisas Francis, the prickly pear
Matina Karraas Marilita the lettuce
Rania Oikonomidouas Pepi the Sweet Potato
Dimitris Piatasas Pikos Apikos
Vasia Trifyllias Beatrice, the asparagus/Decibel
Danis Katranidisas Emilius the apple, leader of Frutopia
Kostas Skokosas Narrator
Tasos Kostisas Policeman Krypsivoulos/Oscar
Dina Constaas Pepper, the pharmacoglossa
Joyce Evidias Presenter
Faidon Sofianosas Thanos the Pumpkin
Mihalis Mitrousisas Archelaus the panting cabbage
Kostas Triantafyllopoulosas Kumasi the Kumaro
Tasos Perzikianidisas Lakis the Lotus
Anna Panagiotopoulouas Mata, the tomato
Pavlos Haikalisas Sotiris the watermelon/Fondas, the hard walnut/Zupihtos
Thanos Papadopoulosas Aristomenis Sfihtocheris (The Director)
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